Position: Director of Human Resources

Department: Corporate Office

Reports to: Home Health Administrator

Status: Full-Time

Primary Function:

The Human Resources Director originates and leads Human Resources practices and objectives that will provide an employee-oriented, high performance culture that emphasizes empowerment, quality, productivity and standards, goal attainment, and the recruitment and ongoing development of a superior workforce.

 

Company Expectations of the Employee:

  • Learn the mission of the organization.
  • Learn Adhere to all Company policies and procedures.
  • Demonstrate flexible and efficient time management techniques.
  • Prioritize workload so as to meet productivity standards and applicable deadlines.
  • Communicate with Home Health Administrator on a regular basis about project status and issues.
  • Establish and maintain positive interpersonal relations with internal and external customers.
  • Report to work on time and prepared to perform duties of position.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Staffing: Identify open positions, source applicants, organize interview dates and times per manager instruction. Perform background checks, verify credentials, and maintain Human Resource personnel files.

Benefits administration: Enroll employees in company plans and answer general benefits
questions.

HRIS maintenance: Maintain employee files and databases, track necessary updates for training
and credentialing, perform periodic analysis for data trends.

Employee relations: Assist the management staff in operating within standards, and assist with employee meetings, maintain open communication lines with company
employees in a variety of methods, plan and assist with employee morale events, answer
employee questions and resolve issues in a timely and professional manner.

Requirements:

Education: Master’s Degree in related field and/or PHR, SPHR certified preferred.

Experience:

  • Minimum of two years dedicated HR experience in multiple areas of responsibility.
  • Some prior generalist experience strongly preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to appropriately apply federal and state employment laws.

Skills:

  • Exceptional interpersonal skills.
  • Able to communicate effectively at multiple levels in a variety of formats.
  • Able to maintain strict confidentiality with regard to protected and sensitive information. Able to establish and maintain confidence of employees.
  • Able to identify and apply HR best practices.
  • Must be able to work and solve problems independently by applying analytical and logical thinking.
  • Able to use standard office equipment and software proficiently.

Language Skills:

  • Able to read, analyze, and interpret reports, general business directives, policy and procedure
  • statements, and governmental regulations.
  • Able to write reports and correspondence at a professional level.
  • Able to immediately respond to common inquiries and complaints from employees and regulatory agencies.
  • Able to effectively communicate with individuals from diverse backgrounds and varying educational levels.
  • Able to effectively organize and present information and respond to questions from employees and external groups of varying sizes.

Math Skills:

  • Able to calculate figures and amounts in whole and percentages.
  • Able to perform basic computations such as averages and ratios and display them both numerically and visually.
  • Able to apply basic concepts such as algebra and probability as necessary.

Reasoning Skills:

  • Able to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
  • Able to solve practical problems where only limited concrete knowledge is available or limited standardization exists.
  • Able to interpret a variety of instructions in oral, written, diagram, and/or schedule form.

Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to sit, talk, hear, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls for extended periods of time. The employee will also occasionally be required to stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and reach with hands and arms . The employee will occasionally be required to lift and/or
move up to 25 pounds. The employee must have adequate (with correction) close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

There is no significant exposure to extreme environmental conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate with voices, office equipment, and foot traffic sounds often being present. The employee may occasionally be required to travel to off-site meeting or training locations where different environmental conditions may exist.

Employer’s Rights:
This job description is not meant to be all-inclusive and does not list all the duties of the position. The employee may be asked to perform additional tasks as operational need necessitates or in response to evolving business conditions. The employee will be evaluated on the performance and successful completion of tasks listed herein, as well as any other duties that may be assigned. Functional Independence, Inc. retains the right to revise this job description at any time.